Trivia
- On “Castle,” each verse takes the form of a letter from Eminem to his daughter , written at three different points in his life: December 1, 1995 (24 days before her birth), December 1, 1996 (19 days after the release of Infinite), and December 24, 2007 (the day of his near-fatal overdose).
Words from Eminem
“When Hailie was about to be born, I would always write letters I thought one day I would give her, just to have ’em; that’s kind of where the concept came from: let me start from the beginning. And it goes into the addiction part, which leads to the overdose, which leads to [“Arose]; Christmas and her birthday, and me missing that because I was in the hospital.
“One of the things that really, really made me salty about [people calling Revival trash] was that I honestly felt like “Castle” and “Arose” were probably two of the best songs I’ve written. And you know how I’m super hypocritical on myself and all that shit, but I felt like, man, I just dumped my fucking heart out and people are literally just calling this trash — and it does something to you. It made me feel like that kid again, like I’m running to show my mom this picture I colored and she’s like, “Ugh, you colored outside the lines.” And I guarantee you that at least half of those people did not listen to the whole [album].